Picture-hanger.



No. 717,859. PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903 G. JACKSON & W. H. DANIELS.

PICTURE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OORWILL JACKSON AND WILLIAM H. DANIELS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

PICTURE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,859, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed January 23, 1902. Serial No. 90,986. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Beitknown that we,O0RWILL JAOKsONand WILLIAM H. DANIELS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Hangers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in picture-hangers, our object being to provide a device of this classwhich shall be simple in construction, economical in cost, reliable, durable, and efficient in use; and to these ends the invention consists of the features, arrangements, and combinations hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

perspective view of a two-part extensible rod adapted to be attached to the'frame of the picture and enga'gingthe keeper when the parts are assembled.

The same reference characters indicate the same partsqin all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the hangingrod, whose upper extremity 5 is fashioned to form a hook of ornamental design, adapted to engage the picture-molding 6. (See Figs.

1 and 2.) Upon this rod is slidably mounted a keeper or gripping device 7, consisting of a short bar or metal piece having a rearwardlyprojecting part provided with an opening 7 and whose extremities are provided with forwardly-projecting hooks 7. The ban gin g-rod 5 is passed through the opening 7 of the keeper, which is slidable on said Wire.

A transverse rod is attached to the back of the picture-frame 9 by passing suitable fastening devices, as screw-eyes, through eyes 8, formed in the rod extremities. This rod is preferably composed of two parts 8, each of which has one extremity bent around the other red part, as shown at 8 whereby the rod parts are slidable the one upon the other to adapt them to picture-frames of various widths or lengths. After the rod 8 has been secured to the picture-frame the said rod is dropped into the hooks 7 of the keeper, causing the latter by virtue of the forward application of the weight of the frame to grip the hanging-rod 5 tightly, whereby the keeper is maintained in any desired position of adjustment. After the keeper is applied to the hanging-rod the lower extremity of the latter is bent to form a hook 5 to prevent the keeper from slipping 0E.

When our improved device is in use, the rod 8 is attached to the back of the picture frame a short distance above the center line, so that when the picture is suspended thereby the frame will assume thedesired inclination.

In'order to relieve the plainness of the hanging-rod above the picture, an ornamental design 10 is adj ustably applied thereto. As shown in the drawings, this design consists of an integral piece of wire bent to form an S-shaped figure, which is applied to the hanging-rod in a manner readily understood,

whereby it is slidable thereon vertically to occupy any desired position.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is-- 1. A picture-hanger comprising a hangingrod whose upper extremity is fashioned to engage the picture-molding, a bar slidable on the hanging-rod and having forwardly-projecting hooks, and means applied to the picture-frame for engaging said hooks whereby the bar is caused to grip the rod automatically and support the picture in the proper position, substantially as described.

2. A picture-hanger comprising a hangingrod, a keeper-bar slidable on said rod and projecting forwardly therefrom, and means attached to the picture-frame for engaging the bar whereby the frame is supported thereon and the keeper-bar caused to grip the rod automatically, substantially as described.

3. In a picture-hanger, the combination of a hanging-rod, and a bar slidable thereon, projecting forwardly from the rod and arranged to support the picture whose gravity causes the slidable bar to grip the hanging-rod, automatically and support the picture at the desired elevation.

4. In a picture-hanger, the combination of a hanging-rod, a keeper-bar having an opening to receive the rod whereby it is slidable thereon, and provided with forwardly-projecting hooks located at the extremities of the bar for supporting the picture, substantially as described.

5. In a picture-hanger, the combination of a hanging-rod, a keeper-bar slidable on the rod and provided with forwardly-projecting hooks, and a rod attached to the pictureframe and adapted to engage the hooks of the bar, whereby the latter is caused to grip the rod, substantially as described.

6. In a picture-hanger, the combination of a hanging-rod, a keeper-bar slidable on the rod and provided with forwardly-projecting hooks, and a rod attached to the pictureframe and extending transversely to the hanging-rod, the rod on the picture-frame consisting of two parts adjustably connected and arranged to engage the hooks of the keeperbar, whereby the latter is caused to grip the hanging-rod, substantially as described.

7. In a picture-hanger, the combination of a rod whose upper extremity is formed into a hook to engage the picture-molding, a keeperbar slidable on the rod and having forwardlyprojecting hooks, and a rod attached to the picture-frame and composed of two parts adjustable to frames of different dimensions, the said adjustable rod being adapted to engage the keeper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CORWILL JACKSON. WILLIAM H. DANIELS.

WVitnesses:

DENA NELSON, A. J. OBRIEN. 

